flotation

Questions about flotation

What does flotation mean?

flotation means "the phenomenon of floating (remaining on the surface of a liquid without sinking)". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in flotation?

flotation has 3 syllables: flo-ta-tion. The stress falls on "ta". In IPA it is /floʊˈteɪʃən/.

What is another word for flotation?

Close synonyms include floatation, floatation. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is flotation a common word?

flotation is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with flotation?

89 words rhyme with flotation. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.